September 1, 2015 – Columbia, SC – Today, Healthy Hands Cooking, announced their exciting new partnership with Bentology – a California based provider of bento-ware lunch containers and accessories designed to help its customers eat healthier while reducing excessive waste. “This is a perfect marriage of nutrition education, positive environmental impact, and healthy cooking skills”, states Jan Pinnington, Founder and CEO of Healthy Hands Cooking. “Our mission is to fight childhood obesity by teaching children ages 2-13 how to prepare healthy meals for themselves, and the addition of Bentology meal containers allows our students to not only learn the skill of healthy meal preparation, but also provides the tools they need to safely pack and carry their new culinary creations while limiting lunchtime waste”.
With more than 24.5 million U.S. children currently overweight or clinically obese, Pinnington is on an un-yielding quest to train and certify a national army of cooking instructors to teach and empower kids to prepare delicious and nutritious meals for themselves.
All Healthy Hands Cooking Certified Instructors go through extensive online training, food handling certification, and a criminal and sex offender background check to ensure quality and safety with their students.
HHC’s brand-new Healthy Bento Style Lunch Cooking Classes will give instructors and students the chance to try foods from around the world while incorporating Bentology products to keep their foods fresh and delicious.
To learn about becoming an HHC Certified Instructor, or to enroll your child in a fun, educational, healthy cooking class, please visit: http://www.healthyhandscooking.com.
About Healthy Hands Cooking
Healthy Hands Cooking is a movement to fight childhood obesity by certifying and empowering instructors to teach kids ages 2-13 about nutrition and healthy cooking through fun classes, camps, and birthday parties. With 24.5 million U.S. children currently overweight or obese, sadly, this is the first generation of children that is not expected to outlive their parents. But what if we could stop or even reverse this trend? Learn how you can become a Healthy Hands Cooking Certified Instructor, and join our fight for a healthier nation of children.
ABOUT Bentology
Bentology (formerly Laptop Lunches Bento-ware) was founded by California mom Tammy Pelstring over a decade ago with the mission of helping families improve lunchtime nutrition while reducing waste. Today, the company has been embraced by both families and individuals who want to improve their lifestyle through healthy eating, better nutrition and thoughtful design. The company manufactures and sells affordable, high quality, made in the USA meal containers designed for people on the go. They’re perfect for school, work, play, travel, take out and portion control. Learn more at www.Bentology.net